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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Negro" long to have?

2. At the end of Part 2, what does the African-American man claim he did?

3. What does the white woman do as she walks across the stage?

4. At the start of the play a white woman walks across the stage. What is the white woman wearing?

5. What is the job of the Duchess' father symbolic of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the African-American man that walks on stage in Part 2.

2. Whose story do the characters on stage in Part 5 tell? What do they repeat over and over?

3. Why does Jesus scream at the start of Part 4?

4. What happened to the African-American man's father?

5. How did the African-American man take care of his mother? What was his father's reaction?

6. What does the Duchess say about her mother?

7. Which character returns to the stage and whose story does she tell?

8. Why is Sarah's hair falling out?

9. Who does Jesus believe his father is?

10. What did Sarah's father say his existence depends on and what does this mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah and her father attempt to reconcile on Easter. Discuss why this holiday is significant to the play and to the character of Sarah. Choose one other religious theme within the play and discuss how it is relevant to the theme of racial identity.

Essay Topic 2

How does Adrienne Kennedy utilize religion throughout the play? Chose two characters from the play and discuss how religion effects each character. How does religion tie into Kennedy's theme of racial identity?

Essay Topic 3

Monologues are prevalent in Adrienne Kennedy's play. Define what a monologue is and how Kennedy uses them in her play. Why did Kennedy elect to use monologues rather then conversations between characters to tell Sarah's story?

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